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'An account of a sleepy Disorder' in a letter by Antonio Leprotti, papal physician

Reference number: RBO/14/124

Date: 1730

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Original letter dated 22 April 1730
Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1730

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RBO/14/124
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1730
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of a sleepy Disorder' in a letter by Antonio Leprotti, papal physician, 1730, RBO/14/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_124/an-account-of-a-sleepy-disorder-in-a-letter-by-antonio-leprotti-papal-physician, accessed on 22 July 2026

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